8 Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy Tier I: Content Area Instruction
Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy Tier I builds knowledge and skills so teachers can effectively support the development of reading skills in adolescent students. The strategies presented in the course promote the implementation of effective reading instruction for all students across all content areas. TALA Tier I, previously available in Texas Courses, is now openly available but does not earn course provider credit and no certificate will be offered.
2 Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment: Administering and Interpreting Results
This binder details how to score and interpret the results of the Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment (TMSFA). This course is Unit 4 of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy (TALA). These materials are available for view only; no credit or certificate is provided.
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Unit 7: Inferential Comprehension Module 2: Generating Questions to Monitor Comprehension, Level 2
This section introduces the routine for teaching students to generate Level 2, or “putting it together” questions.
Unit 7: Inferential Comprehension Module 3: Generating Questions to Monitor Comprehension, Level 3
This resource explores how to model and practice generating Level 3, or "making connctions," questions.
Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy Administrator Overview
The Texas Adolescent Academy Administrator Overview is designed to prepare school leaders to implement a schoolwide approach to reading intervention consistent with a response to intervention, or RtI, model.
Monologues and Soliloquies (English I Reading)
You will be able to recognize monologue and soliloquy and explain how they function in a play.
Parallelism of Details (English I Writing)
You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
Syntax (English I Reading)
You will be able to evaluate the author's syntax and its impact on the meaning of a text.
Use Outlines, Notetaking, Graphic Organizers, Lists (English I Writing)
You will learn how to use outlines, notes, graphic organizers, and lists to help you evaluate and organize your ideas.
Grade K Assessment Files
Grade K, RLA Assessment Files.